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           Wildduck,teal,snipelivedthereinflocks,andthosefearlessbirdsallowedthemselvestobeeasilyapproached.

           Oneshotfromagunwouldcertainlyhavebroughtdownsomedozenofthebirds,theyweresoclosetogether.Theexplorerswere,however,obligedtocontentthemselveswithbowsandarrows.Theresultwasless,butthesilentarrowhadtheadvantageofnotfrighteningthebirds,whilethenoiseoffirearmswouldhavedispersedthemtoallpartsofthemarsh.Thehuntersweresatisfied,forthistime,withadozenducks,whichhadwhitebodieswithabandofcinnamon,agreenhead,wingsblack,white,andred,andflattenedbeak.Herbertcalledthemtadorns.Tophelpedinthecaptureofthesebirds,whosenamewasgiventothismarshypartoftheisland.Thesettlershadhereanabundantreserveofaquaticgame.Atsomefuturetimetheymeanttoexploreitmorecarefully,anditwasprobablethatsomeofthebirdstheremightbedomesticated,oratleastbroughttotheshoresofthelake,sothattheywouldbemorewithintheirreach.

           Aboutfiveo’clockintheeveningCyrusHardingandhiscompanionsretracedtheirstepstotheirdwellingbytraversingTadorn’sFens,andcrossedtheMercyontheice-bridge.

           AteightintheeveningtheyallenteredGraniteHouse.

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